ECHO readers have been showing their support for a Loughborough family whose home was transformed by popular television show DIY SOS: The Big Build.

Earlier this month, a host of local tradespeople joined Nick Knowles and his team in completing the project on Jenny and Mark Corns’ home in Cleeve Mount.

The couple are parents to Abigail, aged three, and two-year-old twins Katie and Emelia who were delivered by their dad eight weeks prematurely at home when paramedics struggled to reach them due to snow.

Since then, Katie and Emelia have been diagnosed with Achondraplasia, a form of dwarfism, and also suffer with breathing problems.

Husband Mark, a lecturer at South Leicestershire College, has also just come to the end of his treatment for colorectal cancer - which has included chemotherapy, radiotherapy and major surgery - so the family are desperate for more storage space for all the medical supplies it needs.

Since the family’s story was published on the Echo’s Facebook page on March 27, more than 250 people have ‘liked’ the post and many others have left comments.

Lucy Freeman wrote: “An amazing cause, all the best to the family”, while Dipa Patel added: “Worthy family”.